Edexcel GCSE Percentage Questions

1. Work out 40% of 350.

2. A shirt costs £45. A 30% discount is applied. What is the sale price?

3. In a class of 28 pupils, 21 passed a test. What percentage passed?

4. A mobile phone costs £360. It is reduced by 12.5% in a sale. What is the sale price?

5. Increase £750 by 8%.

6. A value rises from £250 to £290. Calculate the percentage increase.

7. After a 20% reduction, a price is £240. What was the original price?

8. In a bag of 80 counters, 35% are green. How many are green?

9. A car was worth £9,500. After one year it is worth £7,600. What is the percentage decrease?

10. Work out 17.5% of 120.

11. A builder charges £2,760 including 15% profit. What were his costs?

12. Express 24 as a percentage of 192.

13. Decrease 2,400 by 17.5%.

14. After a 24% increase, a salary is £37,200. What was the salary before the increase?

15. A price increases by 30%, then falls by 30%. Starting from £500, what is the final price?

16. A car is bought for £22,000 and depreciates at 15% per year. What is it worth after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest pound.

17. Sophie invests £4,000 at 3.5% compound interest per year. How much will she have after 2 years?

18. A coat costs £93.50 after a 15% discount. What was the original price?

19. A machine is purchased for £6,400 and depreciates at 12.5% per year. What is it worth after 2 years?

20. A company's turnover grew from £450,000 to £531,000. Calculate the percentage increase.

21. After a 6% increase, a value is 2,862. What was the original value?

22. £3,600 is invested at 4% per year compound interest. How many complete years does it take for the investment to first exceed £4,200? Show your working.

23. A property worth £175,000 increases in value at 4.5% compound interest per year. What is it worth after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest pound.

24. A restaurant bill comes to £82.08 after a 14% service charge was added. What was the original bill?

25. A population of 15,000 fell by 4% in one year. What was the population at the end of the year?

26. Jay invests £2,000 at 5% per year compound interest. Kim invests £2,200 at 4% per year compound interest. After 3 years, who has more money? Show your working.

27. The price of electricity rose by 8% in January and a further 5% in April. Starting from 25p per unit, what is the price per unit after both rises?

28. A dress is reduced by 40% in a sale. The sale price is £51. What was the original price?

29. A car valued at £25,000 depreciates by 30% in year 1, then by 12% per year after that. What is its value at the end of year 3? Give your answer to the nearest pound.

30. A flat is worth £160,000. In year 1 it rises by 7%. In year 2 it falls by 3%. In year 3 it rises by 4%. What is its value at the end of year 3? Give your answer to the nearest pound.